The Duke of Edinburgh captained the speedboat for more than 30 years.
According to the auction house, Buckingham Palace returned the Duke’s first Albatross for service in ‘56 at which point the yard proposed that he receive the new Mark III model. Of course, the Duke, who was an avid sailor, accepted and the managing director of Albatross presented him with this particular vessel.
In 1957, the classic cruiser was famously photographed at Cowes with the Duke at the helm and an eight-year-old Prince Charles in the passenger seat. Coincidently, this image was used some 64 years later in the “thank you” cards Prince Charles issued in response to the messages of sympathy received following his father’s
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